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Platform for in-vitro study of brain tissue developed by Imec and PEIRA

The nanoelectronics research centre imec and Peira, a Belgium-based manufacturer of pharmaceutical and chemical research instruments, jointly developed an innovative slice-tilting instrument for in-vitro research ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 17, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Imec reports large-area silicon solar cells with high efficiency

At the 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference (Valencia, Spain), Imec presents several large-area silicon solar cells with a conversion efficiency above 19%.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Sep 06, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 4

IMEC Virtual Camera (iVC), the ultimate angle on reality

At the NAB Show in Las Vegas, the nanotechnology research center imec presents imec Virtual Camera (iVC), a revolutionary new video technology for dynamic viewing and advanced image manipulation.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Apr 13, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

3-D Chip Design Challenges

(PhysOrg.com) -- With the increase functionality of electronic gadgets, the need to pack more transistors into a single package is becoming a needed necessity. There’s a big demand, in the consumer market, ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Feb 21, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (17) | comments 4 | with audio podcast weblog

Imec, Renesas and M4S report a single-chip reconfigurable multi-standard wireless transceiver in 40nm CMOS

At today's International Solid State Circuit Conference, Imec and its research partners Renesas Technology Corp. and M4S present a complete transceiver with RF, baseband and data converter circuits in 40nm ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Feb 12, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Imec achieves breakthrough in battery-less radios

At today's International Solid State Circuit Conference, Imec and Holst Centre report a 2.4GHz/915MHz wake-up receiver which consumes only 51µW power. This record low power achievement opens the door to battery-less ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Feb 09, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (17) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Record performance of dual-gate organic TFT-based RFID circuit

At today's International Solid State Circuit Conference (ISSCC), Holst Centre, Imec and TNO present a dual-gate-based organic RFID chip with record data rate and lowest reported operating voltage. For the ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Feb 09, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Micromachined piezoelectric harvester drives fully autonomous wireless sensor

For the first time, a piezoelectric harvesting device fabricated by MEMS technology generates a record of 85μW electrical power from vibrations. A wafer level packaging method was developed for robustness. ...

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (11) | comments 1

Cooperative design shaves chip-making costs -- a boost for Europe's bottom line

(PhysOrg.com) -- A European-sponsored programme that gives universities inexpensive access to state-of-the-art microchip design tools and fabrication techniques, and helps even small businesses fabricate novel ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

IMEC unveils promising mechanically-stacked GaAs/Ge multijunction solar cell

At the European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference (Hamburg, Germany), IMEC presents a mechanically-stacked GaAs/Ge multijunction solar cell. This is the first promising demonstrator of IMEC’s novel technology ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Wireless sensor systems enable a better sleep

Today, at IEEE EMB Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA), IMEC and its research affiliate Holst Centre present the clinical validation of a wireless sleep staging system.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

45-nanometer chips for ultra-fast WiFi

(PhysOrg.com) -- Powerful new radio technologies that promise blisteringly fast WiFi have been given a boost by a team of European researchers’ cutting-edge work on miniscule microchips.

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jul 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 1

IMEC shows optimizations for next-generation transistors

IMEC has achieved promising results in the race to scale CMOS to 22nm and below. The breakthroughs from its transistor scaling programs include a successful integration of the laser-anneal technique in a high-K/metal-gate ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

IMEC reports method to integrate plasmonic technology with state-of-the-art ICs

IMEC reports a method to integrate high-speed CMOS electronics and nanophotonic circuitry based on plasmonic effects. Metal-based nanophotonics (plasmonics) can squeeze light into nanoscale structures that ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Apr 30, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 1

IMEC develops low-cost low-power 60GHz solutions in digital 45nm CMOS

At this week’s International Solid State Circuits Conference, IMEC presents a 60GHz front-end receive chain, phase-locked loop and power amplifier in 45nm digital CMOS technology. These building blocks pave ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Feb 09, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0


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